Changeability, confidence, common sense and corroboration: Comprehensive suicide risk assessment

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-360

  O'Connor, Nick ^a   Warby, Monica ^a   Raphael, Beverley ^b   Vassallo, Tony ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c Rozelle Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment confidence; Changeability; Common sense; Corroborative history; Plausibility; Suicide risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CORONER; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; SUPPORT GROUP;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBABILITY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 12144276228     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2004.02126.x     Document Type: Review

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